Friday, October 14, 2016

Just as Jesus Said – Mark 14:13-16

Key Passage

Jesus sent two of his followers into the city. Jesus said to them, “Go into the city. You will see a man carrying a jar of water. The man will come to you. Follow that man. That man will walk into a house. Tell the person who owns the house, ‘The Teacher asks that you show us the room where he and his followers can eat the Passover meal.’ The owner will show you a large room upstairs. This room is ready for you. Prepare the food for us there.” So the followers left and went into the city. Everything happened the way Jesus said. So the followers prepared the Passover meal.

Key Thought

The disciples of Jesus “found everything just as Jesus had said” they would find things. What great comfort! And today, as we look back at the promises of Jesus, this is another reminder that we will find everything true, just as Jesus has promised us!

Prayer

O Father in heaven, give me the faith to live passionately and confidently, knowing that all of Jesus’ promises can be trusted. In the mighty name of the Lord Jesus I pray. Amen.

Related Scriptures

Jesus said, “Don’t be troubled. Trust in God. And trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you. After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
— John 14:1-4

I tell you the truth. The person that believes in me will do the same things I have done. Yes! He will do even greater things than I have done. Why? Because I am going to the Father. And if you ask for anything in my name, I will do it for you. Then the Father’s glory will be shown through the Son. If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it. “If you love me, then you will do the things I command. I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper. He will give you this Helper to be with you forever. The Helper is the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him. Why? Because the world does not see him or know him. But you know him. He lives with you, and he will live in you. “I will not leave you all alone like children without parents. I will come back to you. In a very short time the people in the world will not see me any more. But you will see me. You will live because I live. On that day you will know that I am in the Father. You will know that you are in me and I am in you. If a person knows my commands and obeys those commands, then that person truly loves me. And my Father will love the person that loves me. And I will love that person. I will show myself to him.” Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But Lord, why do you plan to show yourself to us, but not to the world?” Jesus answered, “If any person loves me, then he will obey my teaching. My Father will love that person. My Father and I will come to that person and live with him.
— John 14:12-23

So Jesus came to them and said, “All authority (power) in heaven and on earth is given to me. So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach those people to obey everything that I have told you. You can be sure that I will be with you always. I will continue with you until the end of the world.”
— Matthew 28:18-20